Sunday 1 November 2015

CHOLLAH OR CHALALA BREAD

             CHOLLAH OR CHALALA BREAD


After my busiest months now I am back to share this to you all ,this wonderful and tasty bread , this is one of my favorite bread,"""" I am a bread lover , my day is not complete without bread in my three meals a day. Anyway this bread is very easy to make and you gonna have some fun making it.
Ok time for baking.

Here's the ingredients:

ingredients;
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 1/2 strong plain flour I used all purpose flour 
  • 3 tsp sugar if you want to make it a bit sweeter then add a couple of tsp sugar. I prefer just enough
  • 1 tbsp active dried yeast
  • 2 tsp salt 
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 egg beaten 
little egg yolk for glaze 
1 tsp sesame seeds , or poppy seeds for topping Me i used rolled oatmeal 


Procedure:
Place the water in a large bowl , add one third of the flour about 5 oz all the sugar and the fresh dried yeast. Mix until smooth , place into greased large bowl cover it with plastic wrap and leave it until frothy ( about 20 minutes ).
Now add the remaining flour, salt , and egg.Mix into soft dough .Place the dough into floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 min). Return to the greased bowl , cover it again with the plastic wrap leave it into warm place to rise the dough until double in size about 1 hour ( or 12-24 hours in the refrigerator). Divide the dough into 4 pieces .Make a ball for each of it, then roll each peace into sausage about 30 cm -12 inches long .Press the strands firmly together at one end then plait tightly


 Place into lightly baking tray , cover oiled plastic wrap or any clean plastic that you can use for covering, leave to rise again until doubled in size about 30 min . Brush with little beaten egg and sprinkle with the seeds you prefer .
Bake in preheated hot oven (230 C   425 F)  for 20 -25 minutes .
#for making breads you need patience to be able to make a good creation, and productive . 
 #happy bakingbread 
#breadmaking
 THANK to my grandma, for sharing me a book'''' BAKING AND BREAD, by; Mitzie Wilson and Nichola Palmer,  this book helped me a lot to make my own mixture in bread making . I don't follow recipe I always make my own version , that's the fun in cooking.
Make your own creation and be proud of it.